Free expression spotlight
1 July 2009
Honduras
Following the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya on 28 June, the new authorities have harassed and briefly detained journalists, interfered with several broadcast media outlets and imposed a 48-hour curfew, putting free expression at risk, say IFEX member in Honduras Comité por la Libre Expresíon (C-Libre), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and other IFEX members.
From the Communiqué
1 July 2009
Philippines
Police in the Philippines must step up investigations into journalist killings following the murder of a radio commentator last week, the fourth Filipino journalist to be killed in June, say the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
1 July 2009
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is planning to revive the now defunct Press Council amid continuing tension between the authorities and independent newspapers, report the Free Media Movement (FMM), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Campaigns and Advocacy
24 June 2009
The Gambia
Seven Gambian journalists charged with sedition last week for criticising the President have been freed on bail, while two other detainees were released without charge, report the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Meanwhile, a journalist covering the sedition trial has been detained without charge.
Joint action:
Six journalists released on bail, another arrested
18 June 2009
International
Five IFEX members and one other organisation ask UNESCO to continue acting as a defender and champion of freedom of expression worldwide.
1 July 2009
Iran

As journalists in Iran continue to be arrested in the aftermath of the country's disputed 12 June elections, Amnesty International is asking you to help seek their release. Also, join Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA), which has started up a petition protesting Telecom joint venture Nokia Siemens for providing the Iranian government with a "monitoring centre."
26 June 2009
China - Tibet

RSF launches petition for the release of Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen
24 June 2009
Europe and Central Asia/Zimbabwe

In the lead up to their European tour this summer, the band Mokoomba was billed "The Next Generation of Zimbabwean Hope" in recognition of their story of diversity and perseverance: they come from one of Zimbabwe's smallest rural villages and sing in Tonga, a language foreign to even the majority of Zimbabweans.
25 June 2009
Mexico
In a letter to the Ambassador of the Republic of Mexico for Canada, CJFE calls on the Mexican government to make killing a journalist a federal offence and to ensure that the murderers of journalists are prosecuted.
2 June 2009
Middle East and North Africa/United States
In a letter to President Obama, CPJ suggests steps that his administration can take to bring U.S. policy in the Arab and Muslim worlds in line with the U.S.'s commitment to freedom of expression.
28 May 2009
Brazil
IAPA called for signatures on letter to president asking him to bring those guilty of journalist's 2001 murder to justice.
27 May 2009
Iraq
Leaders of journalists unions from around the world travelled to Baghdad at the weekend for a conference on support for media in Iraq - the first international meeting of any kind in the city since the war began six years ago.